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Sep 21, 2013 | 01:57 PM

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cabloom300

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Popped a freeze plug, how to put back in

I got a truck last fall that sat all winter and i came to find out that it had water in it, well it popped a freeze plug on the drivers side right near the motor mount. It doesnt look like the freeze plugs ive seen on gas motors, basically just a flat piece of steel it looks like. My question is can i just use some RTV and kinda pry it into place or am i going to have to pull the motor to fix the stupid thing? Thanks for the help

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Sep 21, 2013 | 08:06 PM

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dsltech83

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These are special plugs that require a tool to be installed properly. Correct plugs can be obtained from ford or ih.

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Sep 22, 2013 | 06:04 AM

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and if it got cold enough to pop a freeze plug out, i would bet there was damage done to the block too.

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Sep 22, 2013 | 08:08 AM

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Isnt that what a freeze plug is designed to do? Pop out to save your block?

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Sep 22, 2013 | 08:11 AM

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It is there so they can get the sand out when the block is cast. The 1 in 10000 times they pop out and save a block is just a side effect.

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